1 Paonah(The First Day of the Blessed Month of Baounah)

The Consecration of the church of St. Abe-Fam (Epipham)
the soldier

Today also, the church commemorates the great saint
Abe-Fam (Bifam or Phoebammon) the soldier. This Saint was born in the city of
Oseem (Giza). His father's name was Anastasius, who had a high ranking position,
and his mother was a holy woman whose name was Susanna. He distributed his money
on the works of righteousness and went before Armanius, governor of Alexandria,
during the reign of Diocletian, to be martyred. Armanius tortured him much, then
sent him to Arianus, governor of Ansena (Mallawy), who tortured him,
excessively. However, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, and strengthened
him. Saint Abe-Fam always lifted his eyes up toward heaven and finally they
beheaded him. The believers then took the body and buried him with veneration in
a hill of sand west of Tema (Souhag). This Saint completed his strife on the
twenty-seventh of the month of Tubah during the reign of Diocletian, in the
Fourth century. A church was built after his name in Tema and another in Oseem.